[Techtalk] SCSI drives on Linux?

[ktb]

On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 07:38:07PM -0400, wny-tc at juno.com wrote:
> Hi.  Keith here in the Depths of the Great Bergen Swamp.
> 
> I picked up a drive that I thought (from the jumper diagram) was a 1 GB
> EIDE, but discovered that it is a 1 GB SCSI.  It's a Quantum Fireball 3.5
> and it is presently formatted for Mac OS 8.9 according to my brother John
> (the family's Mac Addict!)
> 
> 1 - Can I use this eventually on a Linux machine?
>

Should be able to unless there is some crazy proprietary Mac thing I
don't know about.
 
> 2 - Is it big enough to use for the boot drive with a larger EIDE drive
> for storage and the like?
> 

It really depends on your needs.  You could use it for a small linux
system or as a secondary drive for storage.  

> 3 - If the answer is "No" to the above, what is the beast worth?  I
> posted it for sale on another list I frequent and received no replies as
> of yet (4 days)

What I would suggest is looking on ebay.  You can search for completed
auctions and see what that particular drive when for in the past.
Course you might be able to sell the drive for more in a different
market.  I'm going to take a wild guess and say the drive would be worth
$20.00.  I picked up a 4.5G and a 9.1G for $5.00 each at a garage
sale the other day.  
hth,
kent

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